The demands of the jobs at the main Eurostar terminal at London Waterloo and Ashford were different, Eurostar's public relations manager Lesley Retallack told BBC News Online.

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The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, will open train company Eurostar's new terminal at St Pancras station and also the completed Channel Tunnel Rail Link that has enabled Eurostar trains to start and finish journeys there.

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Eurostar is switching its terminal from Waterloo station to St Pancras and will be offering quicker journey times on services from London to Paris and Brussels.

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